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Lifting restrictions could cause anxiety for many as unknowns persist: experts
As provinces begin lifting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, psychology experts expect stress and anxiety to run high among those who remain wary of letting their guards down. It will take time for many...
Feb 09, 2022
B.C. coroner's report shows illicit toxic drug deaths highest ever in 2021
VICTORIA - The British Columbia coroners service says more people died from suspected illicit toxic drugs in 2021 than were recorded in any other year. A report from the service says 2,224 suspected d...
Feb 09, 2022
Judge restores visiting rights for Quebec father unvaccinated against COVID-19
MONTREAL - A Quebec father who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 has regained the right to have visits with his 12-year-old son. Superior Court Justice Marie-Anne Paquette ruled Tuesday that it is no...
Feb 09, 2022
Montreal Canadiens fire head coach Dominique Ducharme
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Dominique Ducharme, the team announced Wednesday. The 48-year-old was relieved of his duties after Montreal began its season with a dismal 8-30-...
Feb 09, 2022
Feds declined offer from privacy commissioner for advice on collection of phone data
OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner says his offer to advise the government on the implications of collecting data from millions of mobile phones during the COVID-19 pandemic was rebuffed. Danie...
Feb 09, 2022
RCMP Major Crimes Unit seek to identify individual in relation to Red Deer homicide
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit are looking for assistance in identifying an individual in relation to a Red Deer homicide last week.Photos 1 and 2 are from the Riverside Meadows area of Red Deer on Fe...
Feb 09, 2022
Clearview Public Schools Superintendent Brenda MacDonald announces retirement
Clearview Public Schools Superintendent Brenda MacDonald has announced her plans to retire at the end of July 2022. The announcement went first to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 2, 2022. District offic...
Feb 09, 2022
Alberta government seeking compensation from U.S. over cancelled Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - Alberta is seeking compensation from the U.S. government in the wake of President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline's permit.The provincial government says it has filed a ...
Feb 09, 2022
'Not in the clear yet': Ontario to stick with masks and COVID-19 passports
Ontario's health minister says masking will be important for some time to come even as Alberta and Saskatchewan take steps to get rid of nearly all COVID-19 public health restrictions. "We are not in ...
Feb 09, 2022
Kenney apologizes for making analogy between COVID-19 and AIDS
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has apologized for comparing the stigma of being unvaccinated for COVID-19 to the plight of HIV-AIDS patients in the 1980s.In a post on Twitter, Kenney calls it...
Feb 09, 2022